Psalm 66 is the Psalm for today, and I found a beautiful treasure in it:
"Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul." Psalm 66:16
This verse makes me think--am I sharing with others what God has done for me, or do people around me only hear the grumbles and complaints about things I don't like? Corrie ten Boom tells of how she was able to smuggle a Bible into the death camp she and her sister were taken to. There--in the flea and lice infested barracks, they held Bible studies and shared with others about God's love. And when Corrie had trouble being thankful because of their awful living conditions, her sister Betsy encouraged her to be thankful for the fleas and lice. Later on, they discovered that the reason the guards left them alone in their barracks--therefore them being able to hold these Bible studies--was BECAUSE of all the fleas and lice! Quite simply, the guards didn't want to become infested themselves, so they stayed out. God took something bad, and used it for good. And when Corrie survived the camp to be released, she ended up spending the rest of her life telling of God's love. She could have chosen to be bitter about the terrible things she went through and the lose of her entire family--but she didn't. She looked at God instead, and declared what he had done for her.
I looked Psalm 66 up in my Bible Commentary, and found this note:
"Would it not be well to cultivate gratitude, and to offer grateful songs of thanksgiving to God? As Christians we ought to praise God more than we do. We ought to bring more of the brightness of His love into our lives. As by faith we look to Jesus His joy and peace are reflected from the countenances. How earnestly we should seek so to relate ourselves to God that our faces may reflect the sunshine of His love! When our own souls are vivified by the Holy Spirit, we shall exert an uplifting influence upon others who know not the joy of Christ's presence."
Manuscript 115, 1903, by E. G. White
So as you go throughout your day today, declare what God has done for you! He loves us so very, very much!
~Susan
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